Taku River, Alaska
Ben’s Place of The Week is Taku, River.
June 2007
Museum Mile: Metropolitian Museum of Art
One more reason why we love NYC.
The Entrapment Enigma
An excerpt from Coercive Control by Evan Stark.
Feast on Food and Sex
Feast on the connection between food and sex.
Walden Pond: personal refuge
Few things make me happier than spending a spring day climbing a mountain, or exploring with a kayak, or walking the shoreline at the ocean. So when summer comes, I yearn to be away from my computer and outside. I love the internet, but amidst all the voices online you can sometimes lose your own.
Friday procrastination: link love – OED, BEA and NPR!
Lots of Friday link love!
Almost a Miracle: An Excerpt
An excerpt from the beginning of John Ferling’s new book on the American victory in the War of Independence.
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club:
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
This month’s book club pick is Tess of the D’Urbervilles.
Celebrating the completion of The New History of Western Philosophy
From the party celebrtaing the completion of Anthony Kenny’s New History of Western Philosophy series.
On Pimps and Faggots
Anatoly looks at where pimps and faggots come together.
In the Case of John Tierney “Fateful Voice of a Generation Still Drowns Our Science”
Mark Lytle takes a closer look at the New York Times article.
A Few Questions For John Ferling
John Ferling answers some questions for OUP.
BEA Roundup
A look at the bloggers who are talking about BEA.
The Turning of the Tide in the Revolutionary War
John Ferling looks at the Revolutionary War.
Making BEA Beautiful
An Origami lesson.
On BEA
Whoa, what a weekend. My first BEA has come and gone, I’ve met some amazing people, tracked down some of my favorite bloggers and gotten zero sleep. The fatigue combined with the rain makes getting out of bed this Monday particuarly difficult. Be sure to check the blog later today for my impressions of BEA […]